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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1914)
A BETTER CONTROL IS PURPOSE OF BRAKE WELL-KNOWN AUTOMOBILE MAN COMES FORWARD WITH ELEC TRIC BRAKE TOE, MOTOR CARS. Electrical Mechanism Said to Eliminate Chance of Harsh Braking Effect. WEIGHT IS 35 POUNDS THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN,' PORTLAND, JTTNE 23, 1914. Patented Controller Is Considered 3 tost Important and Jforel Part , of E. V. Hartford's New Invention for Auto. ' When George Westlnghouse gave to the mechanical world his air brake ie practically revolutionised railroading. His device Insured greater sarety, re duced operating cost, increased effi ofanrv and n Tactically limited the man Hal labor necessary to bring the brake . shoes in contact with the moving Wheel. v. Hartford's latest lnven tlon, the Hartford electric brake, ehould be of even greater Importance than the air Draae, dochub. h. -more, while the entire mechanism weighs only a fraction of the most ap Iiruvcu mi oc. If the foot or hand-operated brake ..h...uj the railway vehicle. why should it not be Just as much out of date on the modern auiomouno Every automobile engineer nas aomn- j . m aia fnnt that he em- LflU 1L UJ l"C ... u - ' ploys brake lining. This brake lining Is employed .not actually 10 mna gripping surface, as there is no better mHnntnir .urfnnA than metal to metal. under sufficient pressure, but to cause sufficient motion dsiwwo u uu metal band to slow down the moving Wheel without binding. Unal Method Is Reversed. Every motorist knows how Ineffi cient his brakes become when once the lining is worn through. It be comes almost impossible to slow down without locking the weels. This sudden locking of the wheels could be overcome by the presence of oil between the brake drum and band, and allow gradual slowing down, but the presence of the oil would make it almost impossible to bring the vehicle to a dead stop, owing to the fact that sufficient pressure could not be ap plied by either foot or hand levers. Thousands of dollars have been cn..r.t n rl osi ETtll n AT automobile axle housings and parts to prevent the grease and oil necessary lor me mo 01 the axle from coming into contact with the brake drums and shoes. The Hartford brake completely re verses this order of things. The brakes are oiled, with the result that a film of oil between the parts coming In con tact must necessarily be squeezed out by the pressure of the brake so that the car is gradually slowed down au tomatically, and as the pressure over comes the resistance of the oil, the brake becomes proportionately more ef fective. Harsh Braking; Eliminated. This eliminates any possibility of the harsh braking effect noticeable in the use of the ordinary type of brake mechanism which Is so destructive to ,t he tires. It is said to be possible with this elec tric brake to drive an automobile at a speed of 60 miles per hour up to within about 35 feet of a right angle turn and easily make the turn at IB gniles an hour. i Another result of this gradual but flulck and effective operation of the Hartford brake may be seen In its re lation to skidding on wet pavements. The car is slowed down gradually be fore the wheels are locked, so that Ithe momentum Is reduced to such a degree that there Is practically none left when the wheels are stopped, whereas, with the brakes now la use, the wheels are suddenly locked and the momentum of the car produces the skid. System Compact and Light. The complete system Is compact and light, weighing only about 85 pounds, consisting of a small type of the Hart iford electrio reversible motor, with a worm and worm wheel attached to a drum. To this drum is attached a steel cable, the other end of which Is fas tened to the brake equalizer arm. The most important and novel part of the brake is said to be the patented controller. It is email and compact and placed within easy reach of the driver's hand. By this new device any desired nicety and fineness in braking effect is ob tainable by purely electrical means. By actual demonstration a car of 60 horse power weighing more than 4000 pounds may be controlled by the mere pres sure of one finger on the operating lever. With this type of switch a two-point control is given. The first point sup plies enough braking power for serv ice purposes and the second for an emergency stop. Pushing the switch back to its original position Imme diately disengages the brake. Powerful Pull Possible. The brake motor has on the end of its armature shaft a worm, which, through a reduction of 100 to 1, drives a gear. This gear In turn operates a drum by an internal gear through a reduction of ' to 1. This gives a total reduction "of 400 to 1. On the drum Is wound a jsteel brake-pulling cable which di rectly transmits the pull of the motor to the braking mechanism. "When running idle the motor Is cap able of 10.000 revolutions per minute sno when under load it can apply 1000 pounds pull at about the same speed as would be the case with a quick applica tion of the hand emergency brake. .A'ter 1000 pounds pull is exerted on the cable, a slipping clutch prevents any further pull and a ratchet prevents the brake from slipping off. Because of the powerful pull on the brake cable the brakes run in oil. The amnere draw in putting a 1000-pound pull on the cable is 40 for two-fifths second, and the weight of this equip ment for an" automobile Is about 35 pounds. The net weight would be less than this because the emergency brake lever and much of the linkage would be removed. Courtney to Drive Kissel Kar. Charles Courtney, of Hartford. "Wis., lias completed plans to drive a Kissel kar truck, with carryall body, across the continent. It is Courtney's Inten tion to start late in the Summer, visit local fairs and conventions on the way and pull up at San Francisco in the Spring of 1915 for the Panama-Pacinc Exposition. Cortney's truck has been in service three years, running between Wisconsin Summer resorts. Car Used as Iocomotive. Recently when members of the Harris Hardware Company, of 'Washington. N.. C went to the railroad yards to superintend the unloading of a carload of automobiles, they found the car so placed that the work could not be ac complished. They promptly hooked thei machine a Studebaker "four." to the freight car and drew it up a stiff grade to an unloading platform. i 1 1 4'A " w ' nAr f,k A I J y f mud Hcqon HARD TRIP IS MADE Adventurous Motorists Come From Salina, Kan. RUNNING TIME IS 12 DAYS One Blowout, Two Punctures and No Kepalr Bill on Journey of Nearly 2000 Miles Hudson Weathers Jannt Well. Designating this as the hardest trip he had experienced in. over eight years' driving an automobile, D. A. Nelson reached Portland last Monday with a party of five other adventurous mo torists en route from Salina, Kan., to Sedro-Woolley, on Puget Sound, where the party will spend a considerable time fishing before returning either by the Northern trail or by the Santa Fe to their homes. This Is one of the earliest tourists from a distance to reach Portland. There were five people in the party. Mr. and Mrs. A. Marshall, Miss Lydla Marshall. Miss Lola Matkins and Mr. Nelson. They left Salina, a city in the middle of Kansas State, on June 6. in tending to go to Yellowstone Park by automobile. On learning that the car would not be allowed in, the party de cided on a fishing trip and made their way by the Lincoln Highway as far us Granger. Wyo.. and then by the old Oregon trail, of Ezra Meeker fame, to The Dalles where tney snipped oy Doai to Portland. Here they will remain for a few days before going on to tne scene of their piscatorial picnic The trio was made In a Hudson six 64, which weighed 6600 pounds with the party aboard. The trip as far as The Dalles showed speedometer reading of 1885 miles, which was done on 18U gal lons jf aasoline. or over 10 miles to the gallon, and which would . have shown an even better average had it not been for sand and misdirection onto poor roads In and around Pendleton. Fisk tires were used and the party had two punctures and one bljwout, which must be considered an unusuany soira record when the state of the roads Is remembered. "We left our home town on June 6 and in spite of stops at points of in riute. we reached Portland on June 22. taking actually 12 days for running time," said Mr. .Nelson in tam ing about his trip. "As an actual mat ter of fsct we made the trip about a month too soon, because the roads have not yet recovered from the Spring rains. In most places the streams had run down the roads, leaving nothing but the hard rock bottom, which was ex ceptionally hard on the car. "The Lincoln Highway, which we fol lowed as far as Grainger, "Wyo., Is well marked with sign posts, but it Is in poor condition' practically all the way from Kansas on westward. The roads In "Wyoming and Idaho are the worst, the Oregon roads not being at all bad' except for lack of sign posts. We lost our way In Oregon more than In any other state and, through being misdi rected around Pendleton, got Into some very heavy sandy going. Work on Oregon Roads Shows. "From Wasco to The Dalles they are working hard on the road, carrying out some great Improvements and wid ening the raad In the narrow parts along the cliff. We went 25 miles out of our way through having to get off the main road where the improvements were in progess and got into some ex ceptionally bad going, which reduced our mileage fDr gasoline from about 12 to 10 miles to the gallon. "Our longest run was on the first day, when we made 245 miles from Kansas, but we did the drive from Pendleton to The Dalles, 161 miles al together, taking Into consideration the amount we went on wrong roads, in the afternoon of Saturday. June 20. "One hill in the Blue Mountains Is nine miles long and the road Is noth ing but a bunch of rocks, while we found the sand In Wyoming very hard on tires and hard on the car In gen eral. "We shall leave Portland saon on a fishing trip In and around Sedro Woolley. near Tacoma. and then we will return home either by way of the Northern trail or by the' Southern route along the Santa Fe. In all probability it will be the latter, because i am tola that the Northern TDUte Is very bad and Almost impossible. t Mr. Nelson has toured all over the Central states of the Union and said that he had never has put his car to such a severe test in all his experi ence as a driver. "But," he concluded "she went through 1t all beautifully without any repair bill at all and after all It's not the bumps and the hard road that makes a man tire of motor lner. but rather the heavy repair bills. I am fortunate in my Hudson, because her running cost Is extremely low. Among the cities visited en route were Denver, Cheyenne, Laramie, Twin Falls, Boise and Pendleton. Little Boar's Head May Be Saved. In order to save historic Little Boar's Head, one of the most beautiful spots along the coast of New Hampshire, Colonel George M. Studebaker, of South Bend, whose Summer home is nearby, has offered to donate funds for the erection of a sea wall. Little Boar's Head is now being washed away at the A Higher Price Does Not 1ESII31 Insure a Higher Value ONE of the most misleading and most misunderstood things about automobiles is their prices. Because one car is priced at from 30 to 40 higher than another car it does not follow that the for mer car is worth more money. A higher price is no sign or ex planation of superiority. In fact the unfortunate experience of thousands has proved that in most cases Just the reverse is true. Other cars cost more, becauss other manufacturers do not build 50,000 cars in a single season and therefore cannot produce as eco nomically as we can. For that reason we urge you to be guided not alone by the bare price of a car, but rather by its reputation, . performance and specifications. In no other car but the Overland do you get all of these costly featuresunless you pay a much mgherrjee a powerful and econom ical 35 horsepower motor. a long wheelbase of 114 inches. ... 33 inch x 4 inch tires. large, positive and powerful brakes. a big, roomy and com fortable tonneau. , genuine hand buffed leather and tufted upholst ery. . complete equipment of . ! r t x. J tne very cignest KrHie rrorfii11v fashioned and magnificiently finished Brewster green body snap py and modish lines. a chassis, the parts of which are made of the fin est special formulae steels, and are as accurate, precise and as lasting, both in meas urement and performance, as the corresponding parts of the highest priced cars. Yet this represents but a very meagre portion of the Ovprland value. But it i3 such value that has en abled us to sell more cars of this type than any other manufacturer in the world. , Why 6hould you pay a higher price for some other car when the other car gives you no more, and in a great many respects, not as much value as you get in the Over land? Why should you? J. W. LEAVITT & CO., DISTRIBUTORS, 529 Washington Street, Portland, Or. ;-' Phones Marshall 3535, A 2444. The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio UIBF SPECIFIC A TtONS i lhtnW. tUt, l.ilmmddtiUtka SS-lmuttmtr mltr tim40.t.Hrm 114-inch mkmlham irnfcirrir : r . 71 J'l js' '''' zzd ! :.: I: 4r jfMX, MaWfr. tftlf. Wfe Ml0 t. Gf4 VtiUt, Tmclu Mfim - rl fvatiTfBI " 1 1 1 i1 iWM ' IllUri UTiTllTT' -TT"""-"MMi rate of four feet per year and threatens to topple Into the sea TJ of Aluminum on Increase. Because of the development of many new uses for aluminum in the automobile Industry, the consumption of that metal In the United States amounted to more than 65.000,000 pounds in 1912, as compared with 46, 125,000 pounds In 1911. The production of bauxite, the ore from which alumi num is obtained, was nearly 160,000 long tons in 1918, or an Increase of 4247 tons over the previous year, and yet this amount was not sufficient to supply the American demand and a large amount of the ore was Imported. A large amount of aluminum Is being used for tubing for automobile wiring and manifolds. Besides being used to lighten the various parts of motors, aluminum is used as a most desirable material out of which to manufacture automobile and cyclecar bodies. Ancient Car on Long Tour. Patrick Kennedy and A. E. Moore sre Diamond and Michelin TIRES 25 OFF LIST! Who will pass by such an extraordinary reduction as this on high-grade, absolutely new Tires, fully guar anteed. All atv25 per cent off list prices! Investi gate at once, before stock is entirely sold out. J. SIMON & BROTHER Front and Grant Streets. Phone Main 2002. If you deal in values you'll appreciate the Ford. Its simpli dty its economy and its de pendability give it a value that cannot be measured by its price. The Ford is the one car that has "made good" in world-wide service." $500 for the runabout ; $550 for the touring car and $750 for the town ear f. o. b. De troit, complete with equipment. Get cata logue and particulars from Ford Motor Company, Eleventh and Division 6ts, Port land. Phones: Sellwood 2323, A 234L making a tour from Los Angeles te New York In a Studebaker car of the vintage of 1909, which already has a record of (4,000 mile. Under the terms of a wager the men are not to replace to make such repairs as thr can make unassisted en the ra1. ' For younsstere. the folding sm maeka self-filling air pillows and lit- a single part on the car and sre only tie msttrw are invs'.gsM H. L. KEATS A UTO CO. Announce to the Public They have opened their Service and Re pair Department to all of its customers, regardless of the make of car. Hereto fore the Keats Repair Department has been exclusively for cars represented by the firm. This change in policy has ben brought about by increased space and added facilities. H. K. Keats Auto Co. BROADWAY AT BURNSIDE A